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Fragments of the State

Fragments of the State

Winter 2005

Winter 2005

Middle East Report 237 examines the question of whether democratization in the Middle East will be accompanied by the strengthening of ethnic and religious identities.

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From the Editor (Winter 2005)

The Editors
Articles

Experiments in Multi-Ethnic and Multi-Religious Democracy

Vickie Langohr
Articles

Communalism and Thwarted Aspirations of Iraqi Citizenship

Sami Zubaida
Articles

The Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq

Roel Meijer
Articles

The Iraq Effect in Saudi Arabia

Toby Jones
Articles

Hizballah After the Syrian Withdrawal

Joseph Alagha
Articles

'Ajamis in Lebanon

Roschanack Shaery
Articles

The Ethnic Question in Iran

Kaveh Bayat
Special Reports

Crime and Punishment on Israel's Demographic Frontier

Jonathan Cook
Reviews

Masoud

Arang Keshavarzian
Reviews

Editor's Picks (Winter 2005)

The Editors
Articles

States of Fragmentation in North Africa

Paul Silverstein

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